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| SWITZERLAND: January 25, 2008 | ||
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DAVOS, Switzerland - Stopping growth of emissions of greenhouse gases by 2015 remains possible, but the target requires urgent action, the head of conservation group WWF said on Thursday.
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A UN panel warned last year that tough climate action required global greenhouse gas emissions to peak by 2015 and detailed looming global warming threats including higher sea levels and more floods and droughts. "That's a hugely challenging goal and the only way we may meet that goal is if we get going," WWF Director General Jim Leape told Reuters at an annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. "We certainly can do it. The question is, can we mobilise ourselves boldly enough to do it?...I think it gets more critical by the day." Leape praised the European Union for setting a target for use of renewable energy, as part of its plans to fight global warming announced on Wednesday, but said aiming for a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 did not go far enough. "I think Europe needs to be gearing itself up for a 30 percent target," Leape said. "Because we know that's what's needed." (Editing by Ralph Boulton) For full coverage, blogs and TV from Davos, see: http://uk.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/worldeconomicforum2008
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Story by Sam Cage
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REUTERS NEWS SERVICE
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